BONNIE
...What now?
LEON
If my math's right, we've got enough exposure to enter the backyard, but not the playroom yet. So... backyard next, right?
BAI
Right on the money!
ISSAC
This isn't going too bad, I think. We haven't even gotten close to death yet.
BAI
Wellllll...
BONNIE
Bai's been a very big help in all this. I don't think we'd have been able to figure out anything without them. Thank you, Bai.
BAI
Oh... um, thanks! You all are totally tubular at surviving, too.
ISSAC
Totally tubular? You sound like my aunt.
Quiet comes over the group for a minute or two. Then, Issac speaks up again.
ISSAC
Hey, Klair, you were about to say some stuff when Leon woke up. You said something happened...?
KLAIR
Yeah, I guess I did.
ISSAC
Is everything okay, man? You don't have to like, act tough or anything. We're here for you.
LEON
Yeah, you were pretty quiet when you showed up.
KLAIR
I just, uh... Jason's missing. He disappeared a couple of days ago. He hasn't been answering his phone, either. If he's still missing in the morning, we were going to call the cops about it.
ISSAC
Aw, man, Klair...
Bonnie just rubs your arm reassuringly. You refuse to look at your friends.
LEON
And you're sure he's not just... at a friends' house or something? He disappears for a few days like that, right?
KLAIR
We already asked around. Besides, he normally tells Mom if he's doing that. The last anyone saw him, he was walking home from school, through the woods.
LEON
So that's why you've been acting weird tonight.
KLAIR
Sorry. I didn't really want it to be a big deal. I've just been trying to... distract myself from it, I guess. It still feels like a bad dream.
ISSAC
Tell you what, man. Once we get out of here, we'll grab some IHOP and turn the woods inside out looking around for him. Alright?
BONNIE
After a nap, of course.
KLAIR
But- But there haven't been any signs of him since...
LEON
C'mon, Klair. We'll turn over every stupid rock and bush in there. He's probably just gone camping and didn't say anything, anyways.
KLAIR
...Thanks, guys.
It's taking a lot not to sniffle about that. There's a weird lump in your throat, too.
BAI
I'll help too, if I can!
KLAIR
Well, Bai, what happens to you after we leave? Will Emmie and the House let you leave with us?
BONNIE
Could you even leave? If you're a ghost here, and the House is what keeps you here, then you...
BAI
I'm trying not to think about it! If we keep thinking about it, I'm going to barf out.
LEON
Uh, yeah, whatever. Crossing bridges when we get to them. For now, should we get moving to the backyard?
KLAIR
Yeah, let's roll.